Why auticon

Business analytics, test automation, data governance, and complex software development projects are important. IT departments demand precision and lateral thinking. This is where auticon’s extraordinary employees come in. All our consultants are on the autism spectrum and have unique cognitive strengths, such as:

Attention to detail

Systematic approach to tasks

Logical analysis

Pattern recognition

Error detection

Sustained concentration

Autistic people bring cognitive diversity and new perspectives. Specific talents in logic, accuracy, and pattern recognition, as well as intense interests in the areas of IT, physics, mathematics, and technology, are prevalent in the autism community. Autism-specific cognitive skills can significantly enhance output quality in the areas of IT or compliance. Many blue-chip organisations across the globe rely on auticon in these areas:

Quality assurance & testing

Analytics

Software development & system migration

Compliance & reporting

Data governance

Our consultants deliver:

First class quality of work

Fast work pace

Unbiased evaluations

Bulletproof documentation

Innovative solutions to unsolvable problems

Autism

Autism affects a person’s cognition, perception, emotions, and behaviours. auticon currently employs more than 150 autistic professionals across the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the USA.

Even though autistic adults often have extraordinary technical or cognitive abilities, many find it difficult to secure or maintain mainstream employment. auticon leverages this potential and is the first enterprise to exclusively employ autistic adults as consultants. By creating autism-positive work environments and offering tailored and sustained support mechanisms to its autistic employees, auticon is able to provide its clients with a means to tap into the amazing talents of autistic people while creating rewarding long term careers for its team.

It is our business…

The auticon business model is based on that of classic IT consultancy: highly talented IT experts are employed by auticon on a permanent basis. Each consultant’s particular skill set is then matched to a specific client project, and clients are charged a day rate that matches prevailing standards. The extraordinary talent of its autistic consultants is what makes auticon unique: pattern recognition, sustained concentration, exceptional attention to detail – these are just some of the cognitive strengths that deliver extra benefit to our clients.

By taking the time to get to know each autistic colleague’s skills, interests, and challenges, and carefully matching those with the right tasks and support mechanisms, auticon creates careers that allow autistic people to not only work, but work to their full potential. The significance of employment for mental health, confidence and quality of life is widely acknowledged.

This is a win-win-win model: for people with autism, for corporate clients, and for society. Autistic people get rewarding careers that utilise their strengths and talents appropriately, and they maintain or gain financial independence. Our clients benefit from receiving outstanding quality of work, lateral and unbiased thinking, and the widely acknowledged STEM skills shortage gets addressed in a novel and highly effective way. Ultimately, there is a benefit to society through the acceptance of cognitive and neurological diversity.

Our clients

“Our experience with auticon has been that any adjustments we need to make to accommodate the needs of their consultants are far outweighed by the extraordinary abilities and skills they bring to the firm.”

Owen Clay | Linklaters Partner

„We needed to get people in who we knew we could get up to speed quickly and could do a good job for us in a relatively short period of time. The whole experience was positive.“

Paul Hill | Head of Global Propositions Development at Experian

“The auticon consultant’s technical know-how has been firmly implemented within our internal systems and procedures as best practice standard. The entire team has now taken on his structured approach to new tasks.”

Andrea Schulz | Allianz Group IT Reporting

“The auticon consultants familiarised themselves with the work very quickly and within the first week they were able to surpass the average number of processed test cases of 125 per day by almost 50%. Their creative reorganisation of the testing procedure enabled the processing of more than 1000 test cases within two days.”

Rainer Degenhardt | Siemens Program Manager

Our consultants

“auticon enables me to work the way I want to work: I can fully focus on the quality of my work and don’t have to worry about those factors that may stop me from doing an excellent job. The best thing about working for auticon is that I can do what I’m good at.”

“We have back-office support from line managers and job coaches. This takes off some of the pressure if a difficult situation arises. The job coaches encourage consultants to take regular time off, which helps to avoid the build up of anxiety or sensory overload. They also assist with prioritising tasks and ensure the workplace environment is comfortable.”